Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) masz2-gal niga
en: 2 billy goats, full-grown, grain-fed,
2. 2(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga
en: 2 female kids, grain-fed,
3. 1(disz) sila4 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
en: 1 lamb, 1 female kid:
4. {d}nanna
en: Nanna,
5. mu-kux(DU) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
en: delivery of Lugal-magure,
6. zabar-dab5 maszkim
en: zabardab was enforcer;
7. 1(disz) gu4 3(u) 3(disz) udu
en: 1 ox, 33 cows,
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1. 1(u) sila4 1(u) 7(disz) masz2
en: 10 lambs, 17 male goats,
2. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim-sze3
en: šugid for the kitchen;
3. u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
en: 19th day,
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4. ki ab-ba-sa6-ga-ta ba-zi
en: from Abbasaga(’s account) booked out;
5. iti ezem-an-na
en: month: “Festival of An,”
6. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal
en: year: “Amar-Suen is king;”
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1. 1(gesz2) 7(disz)
en: (total:) 67.